JEFF CHIEN-HSING LIAO (b. 1977 Taiwan) is a Taiwanese-born photographernow based in New York City, where he earned an MFA from the School of VisualArts and a BFA from the Pratt Institute. He is the first prize winner of the New YorkTimes "Capture the Times" photo contest. Liao's work has been featured in severalsolo and group exhibitions, and is represented by private and public collections,including JGS Inc. Foundation, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Queens Museum ofArt in New York, J. Paul Getty Museum, George Eastman House, Norton Museum ofArt and Deutsche Bank. His photographs have been widely featured in publications,including Art in America, ArtNews, Camera Art, Photo District News, the New YorkTimes Sunday Magazine, and the Village Voice. His new monograph, Habitat 7, ispublished by Nazraeli Press in 2007 and feature an essay by Ann W. Tucker. Liao isrepresented by Julie Saul Gallery in New York.